Subjective tinnitus is a common auditory disorder characterised by the subjective perception of noise in the absence of external sound sources. Its prevalence has been rising annually due to noise exposure, medication misuse, and population ageing. Current tinnitus treatments employ antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and vasodilators, yet most demonstrate limited efficacy with significant side...
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating orofacial pain condition frequently complicated by anxiety and depression, forming a self-reinforcing pain-affect cycle with limited therapeutic options. A TN mouse model with anxiety-like behavior was established using partial infraorbital nerve transection (pIONT). Esketamine (ES) (5 or 10 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally from postoperative...
NeuroscienceMarch 9, 2023Fenrong Chen, Shuming Zhang, Pengyu Li et al.
Abdominal pain in Crohn's disease (CD) has been known to be associated with changes in the central nervous system. The periaqueductal gray (PAG) plays a well-established role in pain processing. However, the role of PAG-related network and the effect of pain on the network in CD remain unclear.Resting-state functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) data were collected from 24 CD patients in remission...
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of esketamine + antidepressant in treatment-resistant depression. Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI, and Wanfang databases to obtain published information on esketamine + antidepressant from inception to July 2022. We searched for randomized controlled studies on the treatment of depression with a double-blind induction...